This Month I...

... came back to London. I love living here but when I'm doing nothing but going to Uni and doing work in my flat, I tend to forget it. It's such a beautiful city when you know where to look. 

... learnt to like coffee. I've never liked tea or coffee, but with so much work to do this month, I just had to find a way to drink coffee to keep me going. Now I think I'm slightly addicted to Starbuck's White Caffe Mochas (topped with whipped cream, of course).

... made homemade pizzas with the boyfriend. We cheated a little and used premade bases, but it was fun picking our toppings, and we used the pizza herbs I bought back from my trip to Italy in September, they were so tasty. Served with our favourite cider and the latest episode of American Horror Story, it was like a date night in, and it was so much fun (not as fun clearing up grated cheese from all over the kitchen after though).

... went for drinks with good friends. I'm very much the epitome of 'Grandma' so the idea of being out past 8pm, or drinking alcohol is practically unheard of. But I was dragged out for a drink by the boys and felt very Sex in the City sipping my Cosmopolitan. On a Monday night no less! They may make a party animal of me yet. 

... did a lot of baking and cooking. I got a ton of kitchen bits for Christmas and have loved spending time in the kitchens, making soup and cakes and all sorts. These were a favourite, super easy to make Lemon Cake bars, and so tasty. 

... ate a lot of homemade Nandos. My parents made a hamper for the boyfriend and I for Christmas, and inside where some of the Nandos sauces. So we've had a lot of Peri-Peri chicken, served with wraps and salads, grilled halloumi and sweet potato mash. Scrummy.

... caught up with my lovely friend Melisa at one of our favourite restaurants. We hadn't seen each other for ages, what with me being back in Bournemouth for three weeks over Christmas, and the mounds of work we had before that. We filled up in Vapianos, and then hit the Selfridges Beauty Hall. Old habits die hard. 

All in all it's been a quiet month, as January often is. Filled with lots of work and little else, other than cosy evenings in with the boy, watching American Horror Story and Revenge, and falling asleep halfway through. 

What have you been up to in January?